In the Little Albert experiment on conditioned emotional responses,the unconditioned stimulus was
A) the rabbit.
B) the rat.
C) the loud noise.
D) the fear reaction.

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The unconditioned stimulus in the Little Albert experiment was the loud noise, as it elicited a fear response in Albert before any conditioning occurred. The rat and rabbit were neutral stimuli that became conditioned stimuli after being paired with the loud noise. The fear reaction was the response that was conditioned to the rat and other stimuli, rather than the stimulus itself.

In the Little Albert Experiment on Conditioned Emotional Responses,the Unconditioned